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Equity markets have entered an era where machines are rapidly replacing humans. Programme-driven trades account for around 70 per cent of equity trading in the US and for 40 per cent in Europe. We in India are not far behind with one-third of trades in both cash and derivative segments of the National Stock Exchange driven by such programmed orders.

While many of these programmes use algorithms that execute orders through the day, speed is vital in one subset of algo trading known as high-frequency trading (HFT). In HFT, the programme that smells out opportunities and executes them the fastest, scores. Execution time is measured in milliseconds, or one-thousandth of a second. One buy and sell transaction could take just 10 milliseconds and in the race for being the fastest, traders are moving their terminals as close to the exchange servers as possible.

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For traders who are in the hunt for arbitrage opportunities in the market, we explain how algorithmic trading works. Algorithmic trading refers to automation of the process of placing orders by using a software that runs on mathematical programs.
One of the key applications of this software that runs on a coded algorithm is — arbitraging. Jobbers, who play on the price differences between the NSE and the BSE or spot and futures market, needn’t stare at multiple screens to identify an opportunity for arbitrage.

Step 1: As the opening bell goes, price feeds from different exchanges flow into the trader’s terminal.

Step 2: The algorithmic software monitors price ticker and will be in a constant search for opportunities to execute the set orders. On finding matching set of data, orders are triggered and they fly to the exchange in rapid speed.

Step 3: The order hits the exchange’s server and gets executed, sending back a confirmation to the trader.